The announcement earlier this year that a 78-year-old man was to be paroled after serving 48 years of a 30-year sentence caused an outcry – most loudly and unedifyingly from the knee-jerk ridden right-wing media. As the man in question … Continue reading
The coalition government has announced that it will be ‘rushing’ in emergency data laws in response to a three month old decision in the European Court of Justice which struck down the UK’s existing powers which hitherto had not been … Continue reading
Major General Michael Lehnert tells Channel 4 News he believes it is time Barack Obama makes good on his promise to end the detention of terror suspects at Guantanamo Bay. *********************************************************************** The following was posted on this blog on … Continue reading
President Obama’s murderous extra judicial killing sprees are a stain on his administration and must end. Drone attacks kill and maim thousands including women and children and these murders make him no different to Saddam or Gaddafi. Here is Stephen Colbert’s short but … Continue reading
Lt Cmdr Charles Swift explains why holding innocent people in Guantanamo Bay is anti-American. Guantanamo Bay continues to shame the US around the world. Over 100 prisoners in Gitmo have been on hunger strike for some 6 months in protest at their detention. Most of … Continue reading
Guantanamo Bay continues to shame the US around the world. Over 100 prisoners in Gitmo have been on hunger strike for some 6 months in protest at their detention. Most of the detainees have not been charged with a crime or tried and over half the remaining population … Continue reading
I Am Incorrigible 